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Princeton legal scholar advises UF to back off restricting professors in suit against state

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Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article255522016.html#storylink=cpy Jimena Tavel3 November 2021The Miami Herald A free-speech legal scholar from Princeton University told Florida’s top public university administrators Wednesday he believes the University of Florida…

Tenure Under Assault in Hawaii

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Inside Higher Ed.Colleen FlahertyNovember 2, 2021 The University of Hawai‘i’s Board of Regents won’t vote on a sweeping set of proposals limiting who can be tenured or even hired —…

New college survey for “intellectual freedom” has already spawned a lawsuit

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Florida Phoenix Danielle J. BrownSeptember 24, 2021 Months ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial law that would require Florida’s colleges and universities to conduct a survey intended to gauge…

A Florida teacher who couldn’t get vaccinated because of her cancer treatment died of COVID-19. Her union says she caught it from her classroom, which had no mask mandate.

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Microsoft NewsAshley Collman8/26/2021 A 41-year-old Florida teacher whose doctor had advised her against getting vaccinated has died of COVID-19 complications after she was forced to return to in-person teaching where…

Florida Faculty Fighting for Free Speech and Ideas

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By: Mary Ellen Flannery, Senior WriterPublished: 08/18/2021NEA Today Fifty years ago, a Florida state legislative committee sought to identify, interrogate, and purge gay schoolteachers and university faculty. With subpoena powers and…

UFF-FAU holds protest against university administration’s response to COVID-19 safety protocols

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Kendall Little, Managing EditorAugust 23, 2021University Press University faculty and staff gathered outside of the Administration Building at 12 p.m. today to protest how administration is handling COVID-19 safety protocols. …

Florida Atlantic University faculty hold rally, petition administration to take action against COVID-19

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Clemson Averts Faculty Walkout

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Inside Higher EdBy Colleen Flaherty August 19, 2021 Clemson University averted a planned faculty walkout Wednesday, the first day of classes, by announcing a three-week indoor mask mandate. Clemson changed course on masking following…

Petition to Protect Our FAU Owl Family

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Dear Colleagues, In support of our fellow faculty, staff, and students of Florida Atlantic University, your faculty union demands the Administration take action in response to the ongoing COVID-19 public…

‘A Recipe for Disaster’

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Inside Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden August 3, 2021 A new statement organized by the American College Health Association and signed by more than two dozen higher education organizations decries state-level restrictions barring…

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